Santa shrugs. "Sort of? It's kinda complicated." He knows a couple alternate universe versions of him got killed in nasty ways, and he has vague memories of them, though not as clearly as Akane would've. But it's fine.

"That's not to say you're not unusual, kid. You're so dark and edgy. How could anyone compare?" Insert eyeroll here.

He ignores the teasing. He had an evil workroom, back home, and it was way cooler than this moldy old basement. "Yeah, Akane's great. Try not to creep her out too much with the whole vampire think, 'kay?"